Manfrotto 3001BPRO Tripod and 3047 Deluxe Three-Way Pan Head
Manfrotto 3001BPRO Tripod and 3047 Deluxe Three-Way Pan Head
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Finally, I’ve acquired a new tripod to replace my rather flimsy (and undersized for a DSLR) Velbon S-4000 which I purchased back in 1992 or 1995 to use with my Nikon 5005.
After talking a lot with
All in all, I have to say that it seems like a really nice tripod. The head is still fairly greasy (this will wear off) and some things on it are still a bit snug (leg locks, especially), and I have to become used to it, but I think that it’ll be nice. I think the most difficult part for me to become accustomed to will be how it rotates the camera into portrait mode. This tripod flips the camera up differently than my previous one. That is, to the left instead of the right. It’ll just take some time. Manfrotto makes an interesting L-shaped adapter for one’s camera called an Elbow Bracket (#3288) which I may have to look into. It would make switching between portrait and landscape trivial and always an exact 90º. Well, maybe somewhere in the future.
Anyway, bed soon. Goodnight.